I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:12-13 REFERENCE Philippians 4:12-19 Human beings have been known […]

The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?” Gideon replied “Pardon me, my lord, but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.” Judges 6:14-15 REFERENCE […]

The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?” Gideon replied “Pardon me, my lord, but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.” Judges 6:14-15 REFERENCE Judges […]

So, why can’t I likewise change what I feel about Nineveh from anger to pleasure, this big city of more than a hundred and twenty thousand childlike people who don’t yet know right from wrong, to say nothing of all the innocent animals?” Jonah 4:11 REFERENCE Jonah 4:1-11 Our hearts are like soil samples in […]

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly.  And he said: “I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, and He answered me. “Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and You heard my voice.” Jonah 2:1-2   REFERENCE Jonah 2:1-10 God is always working within and around our clumsiness  and accomplishing His purposes through them. Just […]

But the Lord sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up. Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But Jonah had […]

But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. Jonah 1:3 REFERENCE Jonah 1:1-17 God called Jonah to go to Nineveh and […]

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” Jonah 1:1-2   REFERENCE Jonah 1:1-3   Jonah got a call from God that was as clear and as specific as possible. It was directed to a place (Nineveh) […]

And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.” So, Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. Job 1:12 REFERENCE JOB 1:1-22 Reading through job’s sufferings you get to understand that the devil is the author of evil; he ravished Job’s properties and the lives […]

In all labor there is profit, but idle chatter leads only to poverty. Proverbs 14:23   REFERENCE Proverbs 14:23   Labor in the context of today’s study refers to any physical or mental work that people engage in, either to get a wage or voluntarily. Work is a creation of God; He Himself is a worker, showing us how […]